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Joe Offer	Origins: Down by the riverside - Roud 25802 (6)	RE: Origins: Down by the riverside - SOURCE????	13 Jun 18
Hi, ITMA - what's the source for the version you posted? Who collected it, and where did you find it? -Joe- Here is the version collected by MacEdward Leach, cited in the first post: https://www.mun.ca/folklore/leach/songs/NFLD2/9A-01_51.htm DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE (Singer: John James, Trepassey; collected by MacEdward Leach) When l was young and in my prime like many's the young man too l fell in love wit' a fair pretty maid who had my heart quite won And it was most dearly she loved me and that l never denied And to disown my parents down by the riverside A rich lady that lived nearby was choosed for my bride And to forsake my Annie dear down by the riverside And sooner to see their angry looks upon me with a frown Quite contented l married her just for to please their mind The last(?) time l saw my love she grieved me to the heart And her right hand she placed in mine l thought we never would part I quickly turned my back to her quite broken-hearted first Sayin' what is the use of my gold to me when l haven' t the girl l love I murdered my wife on a moonlight night in the twenty-fourth of June Then l was taken to a short jail for to wait for my coming doom The judge he passed my sentence just after my case had been won Saying tomorrow morning you must hang down by the riverside Come all old folks take warning a warning take by me The one your child love dearly don't ever try to part The one your child love dearly don't drive them from your heart For if she's poor she’s happy I’m sure and willing to be your bride Don't let them see you hang like me down by the riverside One evening as l was sitting a sitting all alone I t'ought on my aged parents they bein' so cruel to me I t'ought on my aged parents so cruel to choose for me a bride And now they see my bending tree down by the riverside Come all young folks take warning a warning take by me Don't ever slight your first true love no matter who she may be For if she's poor she's happy I’m sure and willing to be your bride Don't let them see you hang like me down by the riverside

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